Energy Supply (unconstrained/optimised)

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These details are for the “unconstrained/optimised” model configuration, which models heating technology use in the supply model.

Inputs

description	name	unit	dims	dtype
Electricity demand	elecload	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Gas demand	gasload	mcm	[‘gas_nodes’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Residential heat demand	heatload_res	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Residential non-heat gas demand	gasload_non_heat_res	mcm	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Residential non-heat electricity demand	elecload_non_heat_res	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Commercial heat demand	heatload_com	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Commercial non-heat gas demand	gasload_non_heat_com	mcm	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Commerical non-heat electricity demand	elecload_non_heat_com	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Non-heat hydrogen demand	hydrogen_non_heat_eh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Non-heat oil demand	oil_non_heat_eh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Non-heat solid fuel demand	solid_fuel_non_heat_eh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Fuel prices	fuel_price	GBP/MWh	[‘seasons’, ‘es_fuel_types’]	float
Wind speed at energy hubs	wind_speed_eh	m/s	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Wind speed at bus bars	wind_speed_bus	m/s	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Insolation at bus bars	insolation_bus	W/m2	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Insolation at energy hubs	insolation_eh	W/m2	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Electric Vehicle Vehicle-to-Grid capacity	EV_Cap	MW	[‘energy_hub’]	float
Electricity demand for transport	elec_trans	MWh	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Hydrogen demand for transport	hydrogen_trans	MWh	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Biomass feedstock	biomass_feedstock	kg	[‘energy_hub’]	float
Municipal waste supply	municipal_waste	kg	[‘energy_hub’]	float
Electricity interconnector prices	elec_int	£/MW	[‘elec_intercon_countries’]	float

Parameters

description	name	unit	dims	dtype
Cost of electricity load shedding	LoadShed_elec			float
Cost of gas load shedding	LoadShed_gas			float
Flag to configure heat technology mode	heat_mode			int
Flag to configure central/decentral operation mode	operation_mode			int
Flag to configure heat supply strategy in the optimised mode	heat_supply_strategy			int
Flag to setup the sensitivity study in the optimised mode	sensitivity_mode			int
Flag to turn on/off emissions constraint	emissions_constraint			int
Flag to enable/disable smart charging capability	ev_smart_charging			int
Flag to enable/disable ev vehicle to grid services	ev_vehicle_to_grid			int
Flag to enable/disable unit commitment function of thermal electricity generators	unit_commitment			int

Outputs

description	name	unit	dims	dtype
Gas-fired generation	tran_gas_fired	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Coal-fired generation	tran_coal	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Pumped storage generation	tran_pump_power	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Hydro-electric generation	tran_hydro	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Nuclear generation	tran_nuclear	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Interconnector imports (electricity)	tran_int_import	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Interconnector exports (electricity)	tran_int_export	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Renewable generation (transmission-connected)	tran_renewable	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Cost of electricity	elec_cost	GBP/kWh	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Electricity reserve	e_reserve	MW	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Domestic gas	gas_domestic	mcm	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Liquified Natural Gas	gas_lng	mcm	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Interconnector gas	gas_interconnector	mcm	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Shale gas	gas_shale	mcm	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Gas storage	gas_storage_level	mcm	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Onshore wind generation (transmission-connected)	tran_wind_onshore	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Offshore wind generation (transmission-connected)	tran_wind_offshore	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Solar generation (transmission-connected)	tran_pv_power	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Wind curtailed (transmission-connected)	tran_wind_curtailed	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Solar curtailed (transmission-connected)	tran_pv_curtailed	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Total optimisation cost	total_opt_cost	GBP	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Total optimisation cost of transmission	total_opt_cost_transmission	GBP	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Total optimisation cost of distribution	total_opt_cost_distribution	GBP	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Gas-fired/other generation (energy hub)	eh_gas_fired_other	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Wind generation (energy hub)	eh_wind_power	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Wind curtailed (energy hub)	eh_wind_curtailed	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Solar generation (energy hub)	eh_pv_power	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Solar curtailed (energy hub)	eh_pv_curtailed	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Gas load shed	gas_load_shed	mcm	[‘gas_nodes’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Electricity load shed	elec_load_shed	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Electricity emissions (transmission connected)	e_emissions	t	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Electricity emissions (energy hub)	e_emissions_eh	t	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Heat emissions (energy hub)	h_emissions_eh	t	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Gas load shed (energy hub)	gas_load_shed_eh	mcm	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Electricity load shed (energy hub)	elec_load_shed_eh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Fresh water demand (for cooling)	fresh_water_demand	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Combined Heat and Power Gas (energy hub)	eh_chp_gas	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Combined Heat and Power Biomass (energy hub)	eh_chp_biomass	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Combined Heat and Power Waste (energy hub)	eh_chp_waste	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Fuel Cell (energy hub)	eh_fuel_cell	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Gas demand for heat (energy hub)	gasdemand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
Electricity demand for heat (energy hub)	elecdemand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_gasboiler_b	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_gasboiler_dh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_gaschp_dh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_heatpump_b	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_heatpump_dh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_electricboiler_b	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_electricboiler_dh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_biomassboiler_b	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_biomassboiler_dh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_biomasschp_dh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_wastechp_dh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_hydrogenboiler_b	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_hydrogen_fuelcell_dh	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_hydrogen_heatpump_b	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	gas_injection	mcm	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	gas_withdraw	mcm	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_tran_e	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_tran_g	mcm	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_gas_qs	mcm	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_gstorage_level	mcm	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_h2	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_h2_qs	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_h2storage_level	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	gas_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	electricity_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	biomass_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	hydrogen_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	waste_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	solidfuel_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	oil_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	gas_demand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	electricity_demand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	biomass_demand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	hydrogen_demand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	waste_demand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	solidfuel_demand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	oil_demand_heat	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	ev_storage	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	ev_flowin	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	ev_flowout	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_tran_e_export	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	e_uc	MW	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	tran_gas_ccs	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	tran_oil	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_oil	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_hybridhp_hp	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_hybridhp_gb	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_resistive_b	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_oilboiler_b	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_h2_smr	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_h2_electrolysis	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	ev_v2g	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	ev_g2v	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	ev_charging	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_h2_blend_vol	mcm	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_biogas_blend_vol	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	dsm_shifted_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	dsm_assigned_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	dsm_electricity_demand	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	other_emissions_eh	t	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	hydrogen_emissions_eh	t	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	total_emissions	t	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	net_emissions	t	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	tran_beccs	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	tran_h2ccgt	MW	[‘bus_bars’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	hydrogen_demand_transport	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_battery_supply	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	eh_battery_charge	MW	[‘energy_hub’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	gas_demand_national	MW	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	electricity_demand_national	MW	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	dsm_electricity_demand_national	MW	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float
nan	biomass_demand_national	MW	[‘national’, ‘seasonal_week’]	float